Wardrobe-hook



(No Model.)

W. WATSON, Jr.

WARDROBE HOOK. No. 403,231. PatentedMay 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM \VATSON, J R.,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF ILION, NENV YORK.

WARDROBE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,231, dated May 14, 1889. Application filed July 27, 1888- $eria1No. 281,196. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WATSON, J12, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a clothes-rack suitable to be attached to the headboard of a bedstead, which may be extended at night to support the clothes of the occupant of the bed and concealed during the day; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully described hereinafter in connection with the drawing, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, the single figure is a perspective View of a rack embodying my improvements applied in the operative position to the head-board of a bed-frame and indicated in dotted lines in its retracted position.

Referring by letter to the drawing, A designates a spring-coil, one end of which is extended to form the supporting-arm B, provided with the integral loops 0 0, through which are adapted to be passed screws D D, to secure the said arm to the head-board of the bedstead. The free end of this supportingarm is extended to form the catch-arm E, which is provided with a catch or loop, F, on the upper side. of which is arranged the inclined shoulder G. The opposite end of the spring-coil is extended to form the bracket H, which consists of the straight arm I, adapted to be engaged in the catch F, the series of hooks K K, and the inclined brace-rod L, which extends from the upper end of the series of hooks to the arm I. This rack is composed of a single continuous piece of wire, and is so arranged that the bracket H is normally held by the spring within the outer edge of the head-board of the bedstead, and

when the bracket is drawn and engaged in the loop or catch F the hooks extend beyond the edge of the headboard. These hooks are formed integral with the outer side of the bracket, and each consists of a loop of the wire, which is bent up at its outer end to form the end of the hook. The arm I is pressed by the spring-coil toward the head-board, and to engage it in the catch or loop F it is drawn down until it is pressed outward by the inclined shoulder G and engages automatically with the catch or loop.

The device is simple, and may be cheaply manufactured, as will be evident.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. In a clothes rack or support, the combination of the supporting-arm provided with a catch or loop, F, and the spring-actuated bracket provided with hooks and adapted to engage the said catch or loop, substantially as specified.

2. In a clothes rack or support, the combination of the spring-coil, the supporting-arm connected to one end of the coil, and the bracket provided with hooks and connected to the other end of the coil, substantially as specified.

3. In a clothes rack or support, the combination of the stationary supporting-arm, the catch-arm integral with the supporting-arm and provided with a catch or loop, F, and the bracket provided with the hooks K K and connected to one end of the supporting-arm by the spring-coil A, the said bracket. being provided with an arm, I, to engage the catch or loop F when the bracket is in its operative position, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WATSON, JR.

Witnesses:

E. B. SCHMIDT, W. G. SKEEL. 

